· Private foundation
Lalwani Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LACASA | $5,000 |
| GLEANERS OAKLAND DISTRIBUTION CENTER | $2,500 |
| ARYA SAMAJ GREATER HOUSTON | $2,500 |
| LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNITED WAY | $2,500 |
| FOOD GATHERERS | $2,500 |
| DETROIT INDIAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION | $1,500 |
| MAI FAMILY SERVICES | $1,000 |
| LIVINGSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $1,000 |
| FORGOTTEN HARVEST | $1,000 |
| BIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD ART CENTER | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $800 |
| CHINMAYA MISSION ANN ARBOR | $500 |
| BRIGHTON DISTRICT LIBRARY | $500 |
| THE HINDU TEMPLE | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 42% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FGFOOD GATHERERS5× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +28%
- APARYA PRATINIDHI SABHA AMERICA4× · 2020–2023 · $9k · revenue +96%
- UOUniversity of Michigan5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +139%
Funded once
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2022 · $500
- BDBIRGHTON DISTRICT LIBRARYone grant, 2022 · $500
- PKPASCHIMA KASI SRI VISWANATHA TEMPLEone grant, 2020 · $500
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Collective bargaining and representation
The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.
The mission of the Oakland County Bar Association is to serve the professional needs of our members, improve the justice system, and ensure the delivery of quality legal services to the public.
Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…
A voice of the building industry in Michigan. The primary purpose is to positively influence the legislative, regulatory and legal issues that affect the industry.
Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.
The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…
We protect rights, challenge injustice, and fight poverty through freelegal advocacy for people and families.
The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…
Care-Based Safetys mission is to provide a nonpolice response program that will grow life-affirming support and opportunities for all community members in Washtenaw County. We deliver a community cocreated program with two mutually…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds LACASA ↗
- Who funds LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
- Who funds ARYA PRATINIDHI SABHA AMERICA ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds Birmingham Bloomfield Art Ctr Inc ↗
- Who funds MAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds Sewa International Inc ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds COTS ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lalwani Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lalwani Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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